Inhibiting Myopia by (Nearly) Invisible Light? - Author's Reply

New Research Routes to Fight Myopia — Author's Reply

Article history: Received 16 January 2017 Accepted 16 January 2017 Available online 19 January 2017 hypothesis. We are currently doing a clinical trial Minami Aoyama Eye Clinic in Tokyo, Japan using a violet light-emitting desktop light and violet light-transmitting eyeglasses (Clinical trial number: UMIN000021897). Also, a randomized clinical trial is underway on violet light transmitting eyeg...

Inhibiting Myopia by (Nearly) Invisible Light?

Article history: Received 11 January 2017 Accepted 11 January 2017 Available online 16 January 2017 moderate powered negative lenses in a relatively short period of time. The fact that the treated eyes in neither of the light groups (VL− or VL+) exhibited accurate compensation to the −9 D lenses is in agreement with the idea that the optics of the lenses were compromised. Unfortunately, zero po...

Night Myopia Studied with an Adaptive Optics Visual Analyzer

PURPOSE Eyes with distant objects in focus in daylight are thought to become myopic in dim light. This phenomenon, often called "night myopia" has been studied extensively for several decades. However, despite its general acceptance, its magnitude and causes are still controversial. A series of experiments were performed to understand night myopia in greater detail. METHODS We used an adaptiv...

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Controlling myopia progression in children and adolescents

Myopia is a common disorder, affecting approximately one-third of the US population and over 90% of the population in some East Asian countries. High amounts of myopia are associated with an increased risk of sight-threatening problems, such as retinal detachment, choroidal degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma. Slowing the progression of myopia could potentially benefit millions of children in...